I just got shocking news that the NPA (New Producers Alliance) has gone down. If ever there was a sign of the times, this is it.
Archive | March, 2010
BAFTA nominated ‘Shifty’, a Guerilla Film Makers Script To Screen presentation with writer and director Eran Creevy
Date: Sunday March 28th. Time: 12.00pm Place: Odeon Panton Street, London. (Seating is limited) Tickets £19 (plus booking fee and inc VAT) Meet Eran Creevy, one of this years BAFTA nominated film makers, for ‘Shifty’ (in the category of best first feature). We interviewed him for the new ‘Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook’, and were [...]
Watch 'Dead Wood' the short film, with short interview with the film makers
WARNING – This short is 18 Certificate and NOT FOR THE FEINT HEARTED (So mum, don't watch it!) Tonight at Ealing Studios, we are hosting a SOLD OUT event with the makers of the zero budget horror film ‘Dead Wood’. You can read about the event on the blog here. I interviewed them for the [...]
How to be a great script reader…
For some time now I have wanted to run a screenplay workshop. When I run seminars or teach film makers, so many people I meet have great ideas which they have often turned into scripts. And I often get asked to read those scripts. It’s usually clear from the first few pages whether they have [...]
Final call for Cannes 2010!
Final call for Cannes 2010! Well final call for our workshop at any rate Do you want to go to Cannes, like many of your competitors do, but as you have never attended, you feel a little overwhelmed? I get it, I really do! I was also Cannes Virgin once. Let team Living Spirit, that's [...]
Three cheap tips for getting to the Cannes film festival from Nice airport
Ahead of both our Cannes workshop next week (still time to sign up) and the festival itself, we asked our friends at www.cannesorbust.com to give us some tips for getting into Cannes when you step off the plane. Here's what they said… Picture this: you worked overnight to finish getting stuff ready, you got up [...]
We all love something AMAZING and FREE! Film makers, download a great book on social media and film making!
As the debate around BECTU and the minimum wage rages onward (read my post here and the replies at the bottom of the post), so a great example of the future for film makers appears online for free. Yes free. Not always free though, it’s a paid for book sometimes, but right now, this week [...]
Does the National Minimum Wage (NMW) mean the end of micro budget film making the UK?
Let me start by saying, I don’t like polarised positions and I don’t like being drawn into debate where parties end up demonising each other. I seek to unite and not to divide. In that spirit, I have been asked to get involved in a very important debate on the National Minimum Wage in the [...]
iPhone apps for the Cannes Film Festival and getting around
Our survey is complete and we are now analysing our results. So if you were one of the hundreds who took part, THANK YOU! And we will be announcing the winner of the complete Guerilla Film Makers Library very soon, in a very special way too (more on that in the next few weeks). One [...]
Our 1,000th Gone Fishing DVD is sold… meet the film maker and read the review!
Last month we sold our 1,000th copy of Gone Fishing on DVD (trailer here). So I asked Nick, the buyer to share his thoughts on the film, and his own film making journey. I first became aware of Chris Jones when I purchased the 2nd edition of “The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook. I was 23 [...]
How to boost your Amazon rankings and other automated systems…
So a funny thing just happened. I just got an email from Amazon which recommended my own book to me! I have never had one of those emails. So why now? Simple. This is a direct result of the request I made a few weeks ago, for readers to leave reviews of the Guerilla Film [...]
How to choose the right sales agent for your film – GET INVOLVED!
Since I began making films, I have been frustrated at the lack of good information about sales agents. Sure there are a number of existing resources, such as the ‘Blue Book’ that you get if you pay the full price for your pass in Cannes (which we never do as it’s hundreds of Euros – [...]
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Does the National Minimum Wage (NMW) mean the end of micro budget film making the UK?
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BECTU debate and the National Minimum Wage…
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Avid or Final Cut Pro X? Tips for setting up your first feature film cutting room.
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It’s time for film makers to take action over distribution… it’s OUR problem, not theirs!
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The phone rang, and from that moment, everything changed… PART 1
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Origin of Success, guest blog from Danny Stack
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Rare archive podcast interview with legendary American screenwriter and director John Hughes
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How to use powerful film lighting in a domestic situation without a generator
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Producing ‘Clowning Around’ with Leilani Holmes
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Your film is unique – no single solution fits all, the fundamental rule of nu-distribution
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